Posted on 01/15/2007 2:37:16 PM PST by Enterprise
KIRKWOOD, Mo. (AP) - While his alleged kidnapper was away at work, teenager Shawn Hornbeck apparently had access to a computer, and may have put photos of himself online and posted a chilling message on a site created by his own desperate parents: "How long are you planning to look for your son?"
A series of Web postings under the name "Shawn Devlin" - Devlin is the last name of the man suspected of kidnapping Shawn and posing as his father - came to light after Shawn's rescue from an apartment in Kirkwood last week.
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Good. God only knows what that pervert told and did to him to keep him from seeking rescue.
I think the Stockholm Syndrome is in danger of being renamed the Devlin Syndrome.
My deepest prayers for the boy and his family.
Wonder if this young man succumbed to the Stockholm Sydrome?
Is there any indication of sexual abuse?
All valid questions. Perhaps he was threatened or perhaps the Stockholm syndrome took hold.
Nothing that I have read so far. Maybe other FReepers have some information. When the story initially broke and it was learned that there were two boys, that was my first thought. There may have been a sexual abuse motive.
I saw John Walsh on TV this morning, he doesn't have any doubt that there was.
The guy had kiddie porn on his computer. Neighbors heard screams, whimpering, banging etc.
This is getting too weird. And I'm kicking myself for thinking about some 90's punk-rock tune about a kid who sees his face on a milk carton. Anyone remember the song? :)
Prayers indeed.... This young man will need G_d to get through this.
The Shawn Hornbbeck case seems stranger than we are being led to believe. The media has hauled out all the predictable talking heads, former FBI profilers (what a pack of losers!) and even a few dubious psychologists, as well. But the facts stand as they are: the Hornbeck boy had plenty of opportunities to escape, but he did not. Why not? The media heads would have us believe that he was everything from scared to brainwashed. But, the amount of time involved, over 4 years, throws all of that into question. After all, even fear has a shelf-life. There seems a lot more to all of this than we will ever be allowed to know.
Thanks you!
horrible to think about but I suspect the question most often posed in these cases is "is there the possiblity that there was no sexual abuse"
these preditors should be gelded while waiting for the trial to determine if they should be executed.
Well Devlin the kidnapper had 3 guns , ( & on a link on Drudge ) DEVLIN the kidnapper had TONS of Child Porn on his computer
Why do you think Devlin would kidnap 2 young boys ???????
I have heard of the song but I don't remember it.
If you read a link on Drudge , it says that they was child porn on Devlin's computer
My wife saw that post the other day and wondered about it.
That's just not funny. You're talking about a little boy grabbed off the street.
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